Thanksgiving

misty  ·  Thu, Nov 26, 2015

Since we’re up in Colusa, headed up to Red Bluff, Jeff and Kathy treated us to Thanksgiving dinner at Cache Creek Casino. They have a deal that allows new members to receive $25 in free food after signing up for a member card there, so Chase and I stood in line to sign up. However, we were informed that since Milo is not 21 years old, we couldn’t enter the casino floor with her. That meant that we couldn’t even stand in the line. Even the security guard who informed us of the rule knew it was a silly rule, but he had to enforce it.

Needless to say, we didn’t get our $25 in free food. After that, we walked around the perimeter of the casino to reach the buffet. It was a spectacular feast, I must say. Milo wanted to eat as soon as we sat down (of course), so Chase got us some food as I fed her. Then, she slept the whole time we were eating! After sampling just about every dessert they had, we made our way back to the car and headed on to Red Bluff.

I should mention that the car trip from Colusa to Cache Creek was great! Milo decided to take the pacifier, which helped soothe her. However, the car trip to Red Bluff (~2hrs) was totally miserable. It was worse than last night’s trip. Last night’s trip involved about 20 minutes of crying. Tonight’s trip involved around 1 hour of crying, broken up into two segments. First, she cried for about 20 minutes until she finally fell asleep. Then she slept for about 40 minutes, woke up, and then cried for about 40 more minutes. It was a harrowing experience that makes me want to cancel our trip up to Oregon tomorrow.

On the other hand, part of me thinks that this crying it out is going to help her learn to self-soothe in the future, so maybe we should suffer through it. Jeff, who has been the driver on these difficult trips, has remained incredibly calm and comforting to us, which is much appreciated.

Once we got to the house in Red Bluff, Milo was totally cool and happy - after she got out of the carseat, that is. She fell asleep at around 9pm, as usual, like nothing bad had happened today.

Tomorrow’s trip is around 4 hours of driving, so we’ll see how that goes. It will be totally worth it to see Karen, Bones, Sherry, and Les. I only hope that Milo can handle being in the car that long and will recover just as she did tonight.